Course No: ES02-10 15 CDE Credits (6 hrs Lecture; 2 hrs Hands-on)
Smile Design:
The Art of Temporization
Fri., February 12 & Sat., February 13, 2010
Location: University of Toronto Centre for Continuing Dental Education,
1440 Don Mills Road, Toronto, ON
A component of the Restorative Esthetic Continuum**
Dr. Elliot Mechanic
Course Overview
As dentistry strives to think “outside the box,” new techniques and standards of care are created to alter facial appearance through cosmetic dental change.
The ability to create and modify provisional restorations simply and quickly has opened the door to predictable esthetic dentistry. Unlike plastic surgery, dental temporization allows the patient to preview his or her new smile and then alter it as necessary for functional, esthetic and phonetic reasons. A well-made temporary restoration, the key to an esthetic restoration, provides the lab with a blueprint for tooth length, width, thickness, arch form and position, midline cant and occlusion. Once the patient has approved the temporary, the lab replicates it in porcelain using silicone templates. Material selection and usage, as well as the working/re-working process (all crucial to the success of temporaries) will be thoroughly discussed.
During this course the following information will be covered:
- Facial changes through temporization
- Facial shapes and the role they play in proper smile design
- Potential causes of a gummy smile
- How easily the smile can be modified
- Overcrowded teeth, large diastema closure
- Getting the arch in proper arch form
- Establishing the incisal edge position
- Analyzing the smile through a diagnostic wax-up
- Making temporaries from the wax-up and lab silicone templates
- Modifying temporaries — tooth length, gingival height, width, thickness, mid-line cant
- Checking the occlusion, interferences, vertical dimension and phonetics
- Obtaining patient approval for the final porcelain restoration
- Materials to utilize chair-side when modifying your temporaries Communicating to the laboratory the new contour and shape of your modified temporaries
**A component of the Restorative Esthetic Continuum
The goal of the University of Toronto Advanced Restorative Esthetic Continuum is to provide participants with a logical and insightful perception as to how to examine, treatment plan and deliver dentistry to their patients that is functional, esthetic and optimally maintainable.
Participants will receive a certificate from the University of Toronto Continuing Dental Education once completing each of the seven programs over a period not exceeding three academic school years. Each of the seven programs will take place on a Friday and Saturday in Toronto, Ontario. Each 2-day program will consist of a lecture and a hands-on component. The hands-on component will allow each participant to fully understand and practice what they have learned and to satisfy the University requirement to be able to give a certificate. Space is limited to 32 participants per session.
The courses are run in logical progression in order to give each doctor insight, perception, and the vision to achieve their restorative esthetic goals. Treatment planning and working with a dental team of specialists is stressed, although there is no way to learn everything in seven sessions, participants will acquire a fundamental and direction to continue their quest for dental excellence.
Tuition*
(includes continental breakfast, networking lunch, and afternoon refreshments)
| Prior to January 29, 2010 | After January 29, 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Dentists: | $995 | $1050 |
| Allied Professionals: | $125 | $150 |
There may be an additional charge for the purchase of materials that are required to complete the hands-on component of this course.
Course Time: Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm, Saturday: TBA
*Register at the same time for 2 or more courses and receive a 10% discount on each course.
Advanced Restorative Esthetic Continuum Courses:
| September 25, 26, 2009 | The Veneer Studio: Veneer Preparation and Photography |
Dr. Gary Radz, Dr. Tony Soileau |
| October 30, 31, 2009 | Lecture – What's New in All Ceramics: Techno-Clinical Perspectives Hands-On – Prep Design: Achieving Beauty, Function and Longevity |
Dr. Damon Adams |
| December 11, 12, 2009 | Predictable Techniques for Total Esthetics | Dr. Robert Lowe |
| January 22, 23, 2010 | “Esthetics In Action” — Clinical Techniques, Materials and Technology |
Dr. Ross Nash |
| February 12, 13, 2010 | Smile Design: The Art of Temporization |
Dr. Elliot Mechanic |
| June 11, 12, 2010 | Advanced Technology in Aesthetic Surgery | Dr. Robert Miller |
| Date TBA | An Easy Approach to Predictable Anterior Direct Composite Restorations |
Dr. Robert Margeas, Dr. Marcos Vargas |
Biography
Dr. Elliot Mechanic practices esthetic dentistry in Montreal, Quebec. He is the esthetic editor of Oral Health dental journal and on the advisory board to Dentistry Today. He is the co-founder of the Canadian Academy for Esthetic Dentistry.
Dr. Mechanic maintains membership in numerous professional organizations, including the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, the Academy for Dental Facial Esthetics, the American Society for Dental Aesthetics and the European Society of Cosmetic Dentistry. He is the author of “Esthetic Dentistry / Smile Design: the patient’s guide” and his journal articles on esthetic dentistry and treatment planning have been widely published.
